2012 attendances

[De Town]

I hate getting into bleedin' crowd debates....but....there was at least 700 there last night. Not that it makes **** all difference.

[Acornvilla]

Yup, and thats about as good as its going to get this season I'd say, was nice to have a bit of a buzz back thou

[Martinho II]

club confd to me afterwards that att was 700 ppl at flansiro ...there was a good crowd in the stand esp standin from the back all across the stand so it is right!

[gael353]

club confd to me afterwards that att was 700 ppl at flansiro ...there was a good crowd in the stand esp standin from the back all across the stand so it is right!

hope it wasnt the same official who wouldnt let limerick hang their flags anywhere as he "was expecting a sell out";)

[citybone]

More people have watched the video than were there, about 4 times as many lol

[cornflakes]

283 at the Youths/Athlone game

[Macy]

For what it's worth in this píssing contest, I was actually told 850 by an official after the game, but 700 seems more realistic imo. The stand was well over a third full looking from the far side imo, plus whatever is around the ground, so 700 is reasonable. I'm disappointed with that anyway, if not surprised - typical of the clubs luck that the weather breaks the evening of the game, plus the timing was never great with the GAA game in Croke Park the next day.

[nigel-harps1954]

I heard there was 100,000 in Flancare.

[sadloserkid]

I heard there was 100,000 in Flancare.

I'm sick and tired of all these jokes about Denis Behan's size. *angryface*

[Acornvilla]

In fairness he is getting rather rotund, still a quality player thou, well by 1st div standards at least way too good to be playing there.

[Jofspring]

In fairness he is getting rather rotund, still a quality player thou, well by 1st div standards at least way too good to be playing there.

A lot have been talking about his weight but I don't see an issue with it as he's been putting in serious work on the pitch doing a lot of the scrappy stuff. He's starting to chip in with the goals now too so can't complain.

[Lim till i die]

Denis is probably the hardest working player in the squad.

The amount of thankless donkey work he was doing when we had one up top was unreal. His bulk was arguably helping too.

And now he's scoring a few.

Himself and Gaffney have 5 each in the league going into the break. Doesn't look particularly spectacular but you have to go back to the first year in Pike for the last time we had two strikers scoring regularish.

[NeverFeltBetter]

At the start of the season I thought he was overweight, but not anymore. He was immense in the home win at Athlone, playing behind Rory Gaffney.

[Macy]

He's just big boned...

[Dodge]

Denis is probably the hardest working player in the squad.

The amount of thankless donkey work he was doing

Handy that he's a complete donkey then, isn't it?

[Jofspring]

Handy that he's a complete donkey then, isn't it?

Was waiting for that one when I saw LTID's comment. I was originally going to say donkey work in my comment but knew someone would say something along the lines of its handy so cause he is a donkey so changed it to " a lot of the scrappy stuff" :p

[bluewhitearmy]

Handy that he's a complete donkey then, isn't it?


Still better then O'Flynn in fairness.

[Lim till i die]

Every team in the First Division needs a good donkey, chase long balls, get flick ons, kick people, mouth off, generally horse (donkey??) fellas around the place. All too often it's your bread and butter down here.

14 goals in 24 starts since he arrived as well.


Still better then O'Flynn in fairness.

Poor oul Stevo is injured again I think. :(

Didn't even score against Shels this year. (which I assumed was what Pats had signed him for.)

[Dodge]

O'Flynn was injured the week leading up to that Shels game. Buckley's masterplan had to be quickly altered

[wonder88]

Behan is a much better quality donkey than O'Flynn I think, but maybe when Stevo gets back fit and playing regular for Pats we will see his talent.

[DaveyPats]

Behan is a much better quality donkey than O'Flynn I think, but maybe when Stevo gets back fit and playing regular for Pats we will see his talent.

O' Flynn was signed as a squad player, bringing a striker in in July. O'Fylnn wont be near the starting 11.

[Dodge]

Behan effectively took O'Flynn's place so Scully at least thinks he's better. Bit about Behan being a Donkey above is in jest. haven't seen him play in 3 years. Have seen o'Flynn play only a handful of games for Pats this season. He was better than I expecetd him to be though. He's maybe 3rd or 4th choice for us when all are fit

[bluewhitearmy]

Behan effectively took O'Flynn's place so Scully at least thinks he's better. Bit about Behan being a Donkey above is in jest. haven't seen him play in 3 years. Have seen o'Flynn play only a handful of games for Pats this season. He was better than I expecetd him to be though. He's maybe 3rd or 4th choice for us when all are fit

That miss against Bohs though was a joke thats all i remember him doing for Pats so far..

[Dodge]

That miss against Bohs though was a joke thats all i remember him doing for Pats so far..

Yeah, poor miss. Hasn't played a minute since through injury though.

He started 3 games. Scored in one, missed a pen in another, got injured in the 3rd

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 14 Averages: (Attendance figures taken from Extratime.ie)


PREMIER DIVISION


Bohs - 1558 (2011 - 1,488; 2010- 1,835; 2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976)
Bray - 1043 (1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 3136 (2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1929 (2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 1085 (811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 956 (1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Monaghan - 672 (372 FD; 410 FD; 183 FD; 177 FD; 292 FD; 204 FD; 183 FD)
Pat's - 1622 (1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3406 (3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1332 (781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2427 (2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 532 (558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)


FIRST DIVISION


Athlone - 338 (200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Harps - 507 (433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Limerick - 728 (569; 598; 429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 393 (315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 265 (349; 123; 166)
SD Galway - 234 (125; 122 - As Salthill Devon FC)
Waterford - 362 (466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 386 (216; 343; 494; 767; 810)




PREMIER AVERAGE: 1641
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 402

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1145

[citybone]

Longfords crowd are terrible for a team on top of the league and GAA has not been competing with fixtures yet.

[NeverFeltBetter]

I know Limerick are top of the FD attendance table, but even if we get into PL next season and get Market's Field sorted, how much of it will we fill?

[citybone]

I know Limerick are top of the FD attendance table, but even if we get into PL next season and get Market's Field sorted, how much of it will we fill?
At a guess you could double your crowds. Wouldnt be the best or worst supported club but if the increase in att is small then you could be one of the worst supported clubs in the premier and could get outnumbered at home once or twice vs Cork or Shams.

[Jofspring]

If we went premier I'd say you are talking 1,500 regularly and then if Cork or Shams visit you could be talking 2,500 - 3,000. Anything above that for us would need us to be successful or at least relatively successful in the premier. We got 1,200 against Longford when we had the chance of closing the gap to 1 point a few months ago but the loss hit us hard. If we keep up the winning streak we are currently on then I expect the crowds to be back near the 1,000 mark.

[PartySaint]

Finn Harps second best average attendance in the first division and almost the same as some Premier teams. Class support up there. Imagine if they were doing well in the Premier, they would be out doing their neighbours Derry and would be competing with Rovers for numbers IMO

[Acornvilla]

Still our best crowds in 4 years, wahey...

[citybone]

Finn Harps second best average attendance in the first division and almost the same as some Premier teams. Class support up there. Imagine if they were doing well in the Premier, they would be out doing their neighbours Derry and would be competing with Rovers for numbers IMO

They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.

[PartySaint]

They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.

I don't mean just being in the Premier, I mean going into a season with a realistic chance of actually winning the league.

[Lim till i die]

could get outnumbered at home once or twice vs Cork or Shams.

:bulgy:

WOUND UP

[nigel-harps1954]

They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.


Nonsense, before being relegated, the last quarter of the season we were getting still 1,000 upwards. A successful Finn Harps would, in my opinion, without any doubt, be getting upwards of 2,500 every game. And that's even after the amount of s**t we've had to deal with in the past 5 years.

[citybone]

Nonsense, before being relegated, the last quarter of the season we were getting still 1,000 upwards. A successful Finn Harps would, in my opinion, without any doubt, be getting upwards of 2,500 every game. And that's even after the amount of s**t we've had to deal with in the past 5 years.

Im using stats to back up my estimates. The new ground + a successful team would help more but the ground is still a few years away and wont be successfull any time soon

[nigel-harps1954]

Im using stats to back up my estimates. The new ground + a successful team would help more but the ground is still a few years away and wont be successfull any time soon

Those are average attendances. A successful Finn Harps isn't completely out of the question, but I do agree, it's a good bit away at this stage.

New stadium is still ongoing, hopefully only a year or two away now.

[bullit]

Shels v Shams = 1889

[bullit]

158 official att tonight @ the ucd v dundalk match

[Acornvilla]

158 official att tonight @ the ucd v dundalk match
Jebus thats bad even under the circumstances.

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Waterford United - Attendance 150 Official

Hopefully our new poster campaigns will have the desired results given time as they have created a bit of discussion.

Some classics on the way for our remaining games


http://www.athlonetownfc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Waterford-United-Poster500.jpg

[gael353]

397 at Limerick Wexford

[Jofspring]

397 at Limerick Wexford

Poor attendance but I don't think a lot of people even knew the league was back on tonight. Not much coverage anywhere of it and I didn't see much advertising. I expect a much better crowd at the next home game.

[Terry]

From what i could see this evening around 90-100 at mervue-v-salthill.

[sullanefc]

2775 at Cork City V Derry City

[wonder88]

Very poor crowds reported so far for tonight. I suppose most soccer followers were glued to the telly watching the Germans play. great poster from Atlone and hopefully they can create a bit of interest in the club around their town. Limerick are finding it difficult to increase their support even with their team winning nearly all their games. About a 100 people at the Galway derby is not great either and it would be good to know if this figure is acceptable to those office holders in the FAI who see Salthill Devon Galway along with Mervue as the future of League of Ireland in the west.

[wonder88]

Fair play to the Cork fans they are supporting their club in good numbers.

[gufcfan]

From what i could see this evening around 90-100 at mervue-v-salthill.
I'd be surprised if the number of paying punters was far into double figures.

[abcd]

Silly to be playing a full round of matches when the Euros is coming to a crucial stage. Should have been delayed for another week or if not put on Wednesday (no Euro games) or Saturday afternoon.

[PartySaint]

Terrible crowd in Richmond, I'd say 1,500 at most with about 250/300 Bohs fans